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refer to the Anti-Jacobin allusion, but in no case have I seen any definite reference. The lines stated to be in the Anti- Jacobin are : And Cottle, not he that Alfred made famous, But Joseph of Bristol, the brother of Amos.

L. M. GRIFFITHS.

Bristol. "THE RELIGION OF ALL SENSIBLE MEN."-

In an article in Truth of 7 August appears the following :

"Mr. Disraeli was once asked what was his religion, and he replied, ' The religion of all sensible men.' When further asked what was the religion of all sensible men, he answered that ' Sensible men never tell.' "

Concerning this, one may observe, as Truth itself does in another part of the same issue, "There are certain fictions relating to pro- minent personages which it is impossible to kill," for Disraeli was certainly not the author of this particular saying. It used to be generally attributed to Voltaire, but I believe it has been traced back to Shaftesbury. Queries concerning its true authorship ap- peared, I think, many years ago in ' N. & Q.' May I now ask whether any exact reply has been or can be given ? POLITICIAN.

LUDGERSALL. What is the derivation of the place-name Ludgersall, now spelt Lud- gersnail (Wilts) in the time-taoles and ' Postal Guide ' ? The name occurs in Sussex as Lurgashall (near Midhurst); and the name Lordonshaw sometimes spelt with an e in place of the second o also occurs in Northumberland (near Rothbury), which is possibly a form of the same name.

C. H. SP. P.

KONIGSDORF ABBEY, NEAR COLOGNE. Where can I find some history, in English, French, or German, of this magnificent abbey of Bene- dictine nuns, and illustrations of it, if any ? It was, according to an old 'Baedeker' (1872), a reformatory and house of correction. Dumont's 'Descriptio omnium Archidioecesis Coloniensis Abbatiarum,' &c. (1879), is little more than a tabulated statement of religious edifices and their orders, and other ecclesi- astical functionaries of that archdiocese at the time. What is the present use to which the buildings and church are put 1

JOHN A. RANDOLPH.

'MEMOIRS OF THE CHEVALIER PIERPOINT.' Who was the author of this old novel ? " The first title-page runs as follows : " Memoirs of the Chevalier Pierpoint. In two volumes. Volume the First. London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pail-Mall. MDCCLXIII." My copy is apparently imperfect. It consists

of the first volume and the first part of the second. According to a slip of paper which I have kept, Mr. John Russell Smith, book- seller, of 36, Soho Square, offered me long ago " Ellis's 'Pierpoint,' price Is. Id. post free." Whether this refers to my copy of the 'Memoirs,' or to some other book which I did not buy, I do not know. Mr. Russell Smith, if I remember rightly, retired from business many years ago.

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

[He is, we believe, dead, though a son, also a bookseller, keeps up the name.]

SIR MILES CROLLY. Can any Jacobite student tell me about Sir Miles Crolly, Knt. ? He was naturalized in France, James II. granting the necessary permission on 7 December, 1694. He married Lady Ann Gordon, and seems to have been created a count. J. M. BULLOCH.

PIGEON - HOLES AND TIN TOKENS AT WHITSUNTIDE. Brand's 'Pop. Ant.' mentions parish payments *^t Whitsuntide for " tynn tokens and "pigeon-holes," and also the receipt of money "cleared by the pigeon- holes." What were their respective uses 1

H. KlNGSFORD.

[See definition of "pigeon-holes" in Annandale's ' Imperial Dictionary,' which quotes from Brome : Threepence I lost at ninepins ; but I got Six tokens towards that at pigeon-holes.]

WINE A RARE ARTICLE. Jacob ben (son of) J udah, in his work on the Hebrew ritual, composed in tha year 1287, speaks of the capital as "London, situated on the river Walbrook." He deplores the rarity of wine at the date mentioned. Is there to be found anywhere any confirmation of this statement]' M. D. DAVIS.

ROBERT PAGET. Can any correspondent kindly give me particulars of the lineage of Robert Paget, Sheriff of London in 1536? WM. JACKSON PIGOTT.

Dundrum, co. Down.

EARL DARSY. Can any reader inform me who last bore the title of Earl Darsy, and where particulars can be found 1

SOMERSETSHIRE.

fBurke's ' Extinct Peerages,' ed. 1883, mentions several Barons D'Arcy. Conyers D'Arcy, second Baron, was created Earl of Holderness in 1682, the barony and earldom becoming extinct in 1778. This may possibly help our correspondent.]

MAJOR-GENERAL PRICE. Sarah Martin, daughter of Thomas Martin, K.C., of Aires- ford Hall, Essex, married Major-General John Price, who died at Breda in 1747, leav- ing Martin and Mary. The latter married